tyke
1or tike
a child, especially a small boy.
any small child.
a cur; mongrel.
Chiefly Scot. a low, contemptible fellow; boor.
Origin of tyke
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or tike
Australia and New Zealand Informal. a Roman Catholic.
Origin of tyke
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How to use tyke in a sentence
There are even car seat mount kits to put the screen on the back of a headrest if your tykes spend a lot of time gaming on the way to grandmother’s house.
Go big, but don’t go home with the best Nintendo Switch games when out and about | Billy Cadden | July 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe tyke asked the gov his favorite part about being governor.
Turns Out Chris Christie Hated Traffic on the George Washington Bridge, Too | David Freedlander | January 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSupe III, the Namath one and the first one I watched as a little tyke, took care of that.
Michael Tomasky Says Move the Super Bowl to Saturday | Michael Tomasky | February 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSoon after the young tyke began collecting presidential memorabilia and other knickknacks.
Bobby lapped a' it so eagerly, yet so daintily, that she added: "He's a weel-broucht-up tyke, Jamie."
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson
"Eh, ye gude-for-naethin' tyke," he said to Bobby, in transparent pretense of his uselessness.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonAn' look 'ere, if yer want a flag for the revolution, tyke muvver's trahsers an' tie 'em to the corfin.
The Foundations (Fourth Series Plays) | John GalsworthyWas the most utterly shabby, vulgar, mean-looking cur I ever beheld: in one word, a tyke.
Spare Hours | John BrownTo be sure, we call a dog a “tyke,” and to describe any one as a dog is not complimentary, unless qualifications are made.
The Great North Road: London to York | Charles G. Harper
British Dictionary definitions for tyke
tike
/ (taɪk) /
a dog, esp a mongrel
informal a small or cheeky child: used esp in affectionate reproof
British dialect a rough ill-mannered person
Also called: Yorkshire tyke British slang, often offensive a person from Yorkshire
Australian slang, offensive a Roman Catholic
Origin of tyke
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